SURVIVING THE DOWNTURN: ATTEND THE FINAL FREE WORKSHOP IN ABERDEEN TOMORROW

The Copthorne Hotel,
Tuesday 28 March 2017, 10.30-12.30
Refreshments will be provided

These free events are open to all PESGB members regardless of age and experience 

Andrea Pearce is an experienced Business Psychologist who has worked with many people who want to find work, or change careers. She is delivering a series of FREE 2 hour workshops for PESGB to inspire and motivate through the current downturn, covering helpful areas such as influencing mindset and self-belief; recognising personal values and transferable skills; developing networks and accessing/influencing the unseen job market; empowering to tell and sell influential stories, including through social media; making an impact at interviews; and keeping motivated through set-backs.

Each workshop covers one or two of these areas, using a mixture of individual, pair and group activities to keep things interesting and fun. Even more importantly will be the opportunity to get to know each other better, networking and building a stronger support group. All the activities and tools are proven to work, both through research studies, and more meaningfully, people who use these tools go on to find work or more fulfilling careers. You will be challenged to think differently, will go away with new tools and ways of thinking to try out, and will also have fun!

All the workshops will build on the previous ones, but can also be attended as stand-alone sessions.

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Coming up tomorrow…

Come along for this final workshop, where you can connect with other people, plus share experiences and ideas towards getting back into work, building back up your self-esteem and motivation. Andrea will be leading discussions and activities around exploring career options, overcoming barriers and creating your future story.

Click Here to Register now! 

Attend the FINAL Surviving the Downturn Workshop in Aberdeen next week!

The Copthorne Hotel,
Tuesday 28 February 2017, 10.30-12.30
Refreshments will be provided

These free events are open to all PESGB members regardless of age and experience 

Andrea Pearce is an experienced Business Psychologist who has worked with many people who want to find work, or change careers. She is delivering a series of FREE 2 hour workshops for PESGB to inspire and motivate through the current downturn, covering helpful areas such as influencing mindset and self-belief; recognising personal values and transferable skills; developing networks and accessing/influencing the unseen job market; empowering to tell and sell influential stories, including through social media; making an impact at interviews; and keeping motivated through set-backs.

Each workshop covers one or two of these areas, using a mixture of individual, pair and group activities to keep things interesting and fun. Even more importantly will be the opportunity to get to know each other better, networking and building a stronger support group. All the activities and tools are proven to work, both through research studies, and more meaningfully, people who use these tools go on to find work or more fulfilling careers. You will be challenged to think differently, will go away with new tools and ways of thinking to try out, and will also have fun!

All the workshops will build on the previous ones, but can also be attended as stand-alone sessions.

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Coming up next week…

Come along for this final workshop, where you can connect with other people, plus share experiences and ideas towards getting back into work, building back up your self-esteem and motivation. Andrea will be leading discussions and activities around exploring career options, overcoming barriers and creating your future story

Click Here to Register now!

SURVIVING THE DOWNTURN: Join us for the next Aberdeen Coffee Morning next week

The Tramsheds Coffee Shop at the Aberdeen Science Centre
Tuesday 7 February 2016, 10.30-12.30
Refreshments will be provided

These free events are open to all PESGB members regardless of age and experience 

The PESGB are holding a series of free workshops and social gatherings in Aberdeen for members who are currently between jobs. 

Attend the next Coffee Morning at The Tramsheds Coffee Shop at the Aberdeen Science Centre from 10.30-12.30 next Tuesday. Refreshments will be provided. 

Click here to register your free place 

Don’t forget to register yourself for tomorrow’s free Surviving the Downturn Workshop!

The Copthorne Hotel,
29 November 2016, 10.30-12.30

Refreshments will be provided

SELL YOUR STORY

Connecting with others is how we find strength in the face of adversity- come along and connect with people in similar situations, share experiences and ideas towards getting back into work, build back up your self-esteem and motivation. Andrea will be leading discussions and activities around building rapport, influence and connections, and using LinkedIn to your best advantage.

Click here to book your free place today!

Please share this invitation with anyone you think might benefit, non-members able to attend one session 

Register yourself for next week’s free Surviving the Downturn workshop

The Copthorne Hotel, Tuesday 29 November 2016, 10.30-12.30

Refreshments will be provided
These free events are open to all PESGB members regardless of age and experience 

Andrea Pearce is an experienced Business Psychologist who has worked with many people who want to find work, or change careers. She is delivering a series of FREE 2 hour workshops for PESGB to inspire and motivate through the current downturn, covering helpful areas such as influencing mindset and self-belief; recognising personal values and transferable skills; developing networks and accessing/influencing the unseen job market; empowering to tell and sell influential stories, including through social media; making an impact at interviews; and keeping motivated through set-backs.

Each workshop covers one or two of these areas, using a mixture of individual, pair and group activities to keep things interesting and fun. Even more importantly will be the opportunity to get to know each other better, networking and building a stronger support group. All the activities and tools are proven to work, both through research studies, and more meaningfully, people who use these tools go on to find work or more fulfilling careers. You will be challenged to think differently, will go away with new tools and ways of thinking to try out, and will also have fun!

All the workshops will build on the previous ones, but can also be attended as stand-alone sessions.

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Coming up next week…
SELL YOUR STORY

Connecting with others is how we find strength in the face of adversity- come along and connect with people in similar situations, share experiences and ideas towards getting back into work, build back up your self-esteem and motivation. Andrea will be leading discussions and activities around building rapport, influence and connections, and using LinkedIn to your best advantage.

Click here to book your free place today!

Please share this invitation with anyone you think might benefit, non-members able to attend one session 

Oxand ‘Risk Management Game’ at PETEX 2016

Oxand, an international consulting and solutions provider that deliver solutions to optimize investment and maintenance costs of physical assets throughout their lifecycle, has developed a specific gameplay for the PETEX 2016 conference.

In the ‘Explore your Career Zone’, they will host their ‘Risk Management Game’ for Free, to interested delegates, twice a day over the three days of the conference (15-17 Nov).

Participants will be part of a project team that has to deliver a major, risky asset management project in time and within budget. Each game consists of 4 phases: design, drilling, production and late life/ decommissioning and delegates can sign up for each or all of the phases. At the end of the fourth phase, there will be a debriefing session reviewing the entire lifecycle of the project. Over the course of the 3 days, Oxand will monitor the teams who have completed the project phases the quickest and within budget and the wining team will be announced at the end of the day on Thursday.

Participants will have to deal with a variety of risks, that not only have technical aspects, but also for example legal and organisational aspects.  The objective is to design a risk mitigation strategy, raise awareness about the value of an adequate risk management, in the context of design, construction and maintenance of complex Oil & Gas projects.  The game will give to the participants a better understanding of risks and guidance on how to implement risk management within their project.

To take part in one or all phases of the game, please register your participation on Book-4.com as soon as possible. Each phase is limited to 16 players. If your Company is interested in Oxand hosting this game in your offices, please register your interest on Book-4. Check out their other games and training as well.

Oxand combines high skilled knowledge with big data and implement risk informed decision making and life-cycle performance management processes. Their services deliver reduce risks, rationalizing resources and the optimizing of operations and projects’ costs. Their Clients are investors, owners, contractors and operators in Energy (Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Renewables), Transport (Railways, Highways, Ports, Airports & Waterways), Real Estate (Public Private Infrastructures, Industrial assets).

Join us for the second Aberdeen Surviving the Downturn workshop next week where the Job Centre will advise on their Transition Fund for Training!

Tuesday 25 October 2016
The Copthorne Hotel from 10.30-12.30

Refreshments will be provided

 Led by Andrea Pearce (The Create Network)

Andrea Pearce is an experienced Business Psychologist who has worked with many people who want to find work, or change careers. She is delivering a series of 2 hour workshops for PESGB to inspire and motivate through the current downturn, covering helpful areas such as influencing mindset and self-belief; recognising personal values and transferrable skills; developing networks and accessing/influencing the unseen job market; empowering to tell and sell influential stories, including through social media; making an impact at interviews; and keeping motivated through set-backs.

Each workshop covers one or two of these areas, using a mixture of individual, pair and group activities to keep things interesting and fun. Even more importantly will be the opportunity to get to know each other better, networking and building a stronger support group. All the activities and tools are proven to work, both through research studies, and more meaningfully, people who use these tools go on to find work or more fulfilling careers. You will be challenged to think differently, will go away with new tools and ways of thinking to try out, and will also have fun!

All the workshops will build on the previous ones, but can also be attended as stand-alone sessions.

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TELL YOUR STORY
“Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel” – don’t be alone through these tough times – come along and connect with other people, share experiences and ideas towards getting back into work, build back up your self-esteem and motivation. Andrea will be leading discussions and activities around creating a positive ‘now’; recognising and framing transferrable skills; influencing through more than just your CV; and building your own support team.

In addition to this, the Job Centre will be coming to do a talk about the Transition Fund for training which is up to £4,000 for work related training.

Click Here to Register now! 

Showcase your Internship Roles for FREE at PETEX 2016

Article by Deirdre O’Donnell, Working Smart Ltd

Raise your Profile by Supporting Industry Graduates

PETEX 2016 organised by the PESGB (Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain) is taking place at ExCeL London on the 15-17 November 2016.

The conference will attract in excess of 200 graduates predominately from our leading UK universities. As part of the PESGB’s initiative to support our unemployed and graduates seeking employment, they are also offering to promote your Internship Programs to these graduates for free.

With the demographic paradigm shift in our workplace over the last 2 years, we believe that building a pipeline of our younger generation is key for the future.  As in any downturn our graduates are badly affected with job opportunities and PETEX provides an excellent platform to engage with top industry graduates in geoscience and engineering and to discuss any graduate mentoring or Internship Programmes you may be able to offer.

Some Companies are starting to think about Internships for 3 months and others for a year and more. In some cases ‘expenses only’ have been offered. In the current climate, all is very welcome and we would urge you to think of what you and your Company can do for the plight of our graduates! This could be in providing materials, data, lectures, webinars, internships, mentoring programmes etc.

The plan is to promote your offerings to this demographic at PETEX and following the event. We are working closely with our University contacts in developing ongoing events for our industry graduates.

As PETEX is fast approaching, we are very interested in hearing from you as soon as possible.

Thanking you for your time in reading the above and I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully receiving your support.

 

Geo’s Between Jobs – FREE RokDoc Training and 3 month licence

PESGB is supporting Ikon Science’s GEOs Between Jobs initiative taking place on 18-20 October 2016 at the Aberdeen Science Centre.

If you are a geophysicist / geoscientist seeking work with an interest in QI,  please find out more about this great opportunity to learn rock physics at https://www.ikonscience.com/training/geos-between-jobs

Join us at The Tramsheds for the first Aberdeen Coffee Morning tomorrow

The PESGB are holding a series of free workshops and social gatherings in Aberdeen for members who are currently between jobs. These events are open to all PESGB members regardless of age and experience.

Attend the first Coffee Morning at The Tramsheds Coffee Shop at the Aberdeen Science Centre from 10.30-12.30 tomorrow morning. Refreshments will be provided. Mark Lappin will be hosting this first session with a focus on Graduate Opportunities.

Add yourself to the mailing list to hear the latest on these events by emailing pesgb@pesgb.org.uk

Welcome to the PESGB Blog…

The PESGB Blog has been designed to complement the PESGB website, and bridge the gap between the PESGB Magazine and social media, whilst providing a forum for discussion for the PESGB community.

Post your comments, or contact blog@pesgb.org.uk to write a feature, share your anecdotes, pearls of wisdom or musings on the industry. This blog is for the members, shaped by the members. If there is anything you would like to see here, please get in touch.

Get involved, we would love to hear from you!

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